I have spent the better part of the week
trying and trying again to write
something meaningful and clever
just for you
and I am accomplishing little
what a time
what a world
you are launching into
except you were already launched
you’re just walking out the door as a new label today
college grad
you have always been up for an adventure
oh the places you’ve been
people you’ve met
the work you have accomplished
rephrasing, not sure you will actually walk out your door today
maybe tomorrow
the current scene is not so conducive to walking out your Brooklyn door
I picked up a phrase a few months back
certainty is an idol
and I consider it almost daily
I cannot be certain of much of anything
especially not now
endings or beginnings
markers of time have been erased or skipped
celebrations precluded
there are no guarantees
I have learned that
the great balance of life
wanting today what you cannot have today
yet finding the joy
knowing though your own abilities, strengths
you are fully capable and unique
you will do more than manage
tenacious describes you
yet you also care
people and causes and communities
that is the recipe of you
tenacity mixed with love
you do not need certainty
despite that might be what you crave
you need the people who love you
and a role to fill
today your role is to seek out your place
your place for today, which might change tomorrow
and then change again
life is tumultuous
and sometimes it’s not
I trust you will manage
succeed and become
possibly slower than you would prefer
I challenge you to enjoy the beauty
years will pass, though it might not seem so
you will look back and reflect and assess
consider what you want to attribute to this time
who you hope to be, not what
I congratulate myself and march on
curious and proud, concerned yet anticipating
knowing full well you are you
thankful I have the privilege, one of the few labels I cherish
love today and always, your mom
Upon a Sunny Day 